Matthew 24:23-31

23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.

24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’^[a]

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth^[b] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.^[c]

31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 17:23; Luke 21:8
• 2. Exodus 7:11,22; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11; Revelation 13:13; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:20
• 3. Luke 17:24
• 4. S Luke 17:30
• 5. S Matthew 8:20
• 6. Luke 17:37
• 7. Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10,31; Zephaniah 1:15; Revelation 6:12,13; Revelation 8:12
• 8. Revelation 1:7
• 9. Daniel 7:13; S Revelation 1:7
• 10. Matthew 13:41
• 11. Isaiah 27:13; Zechariah 9:14; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:15

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
• [b] Or "the tribes of the land"
• [c] See Daniel 7:13-14.